Vegetarian dish takes centre-stage at Vaudeville
I sometimes think that vegetarians get a rough deal. Unless you’re somewhere like India, it can be difficult to find […]
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A New Kind of Middleman
As a kid growing up in a farming community I often heard talk of “middlemen”; usually in scornful reference to
My Little Black Book, Web Tools
The Cure for Technophobia
My favourite web hosting service, FatCow.com has a new ‘drag and drop’ function for building websites, which makes setting up
Wines
No Time Like the Present
[row][span4]In a movie restaurant scene that (to wine geeks, at least) could be as famous as Sally’s fake orgasm (When
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Angelic Red Snapper
I am usually loath to describe something as “the best” experience ever. Speed or distance travelled, weight and other such
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Pondering Teenage Drinking
As the father of a rapidly growing-up thirteen-year-old I am being confronted with an avalanche of important guidance issues. Boyfriends
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Awed into Silence
Words have a way of forcing their way out of my brain, into spoken or written existence. This is especially
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Of Features, Benefits and Needs
I’ve spent about 17 years selling a product – wine – that doesn’t deliver measurable benefits. In addition, one’s ‘need’
Wines
Skin Contact
While in Mumbai last week I was a guest at two Bertani wine dinners. Apart from the pleasure of watching
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My solution to Dubai’s debt crisis
It is no great surprise that Dubai World is looking to its bankers for accommodation on a reported $59 billion